Brain test
1. In which art gallery would you find the Mona Lisa? 2. In which South African town or city would you find uShaka Marine World? 3. Which American musician collaborated with SA artists to produce the album Graceland ? 4. In cricket, what do you call the close-catching fielders who stand in a line next to the wicketkeeper? 5. What country does Hyundai, the motor vehicle manufacturer, originate from? 6. What African country was formerly known as Nyasaland? 7. Which of the following groups or bands are not primarily Swedish? A) The Cardigans; B) A-ha C) Abba; D) Roxette. 8. The lack of which vitamin causes scurvy? 9. Which controversial cartoon series features characters called Kyle, Kenny, Stan and Cartman? 10. He was a playwright, was married to Marilyn Monroe and would later become the father-in-law to Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Who was he? 11. Jesus Christ is the second most portrayed historical figure in the movies. Who is the most portrayed? A) Queen Elizabeth I; B) Napoleon; C) Abraham Lincoln; D) Henry VIII. 12. Which branch of the British military was Churchill referring to when he said: “Never … has so much been owed by so many, to so few?” 13. It is known as ngwenya in Zulu and bakwena in Tswana. This animal can go for a full year without eating. Name the animal. 14. What is the name of the Tibetan retreat where time stands still, thought up by James Hilton in his novel Lost
Horizon ? 15. Which of the following is not a book in the Bible?: A) Philemon; B) Elijah; C) Titus; D) Habakkuk. 16. Name the psychologist who, in 1943, proposed a five-tiered hierarchy of needs. 17. Which country in continental Africa has the longest coastline? A) Mozambique; B) Egypt; C) South Africa; D) Somalia. 18. What did George C Scott do in 1971 that Marlon Brando did two years later, in 1973? 19. Which famous Italian dish, a recipe of which was in the first British cookbook, has a name that originally meant “chamber pot”? 20. Name the South African, nicknamed Kalamazoo, who became arguably SA’s first soccer superstar. He played for Coventry City, Terino in Italy and Heracles in the Netherlands. He has a street named after him in Amsterdam.